In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
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> On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:39:12 -0600, "graham" > wrote:
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> >"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> >> On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:58:01 -0600, "graham" > wrote:
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> >>>
> >>>"T" > wrote in message
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> >>>> In article >, says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>> > It's time again to prepare for hurricanes with one storm in the
> >>>>> > Atlantic
> >>>>> > and one in the Pacific. More or less. Tis the season to start
> >>>>> > packing
> >>>>> > your freezer - with water in milk jugs etc. A freezer will hold temp
> >>>>> > much
> >>>>> > longer if it is full. Last year, I froze water in the lasagna pan.
> >>>>> > It
> >>>>> > was quite handy to hold an ice chest cool when all else failed.
> >>>>> > Polly
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> Wouldn't it be worthwhile buying a small generator?
> >>>>> Graham
> >>>>
> >>>> Well - the generator assumes fuel supplies will last. I've said when we
> >>>> do purchase a property I'm putting in a 10kW natural gas fired
> >>>> generator. That way you only have to worry as far as National Grid.
> >>>>
> >>>Assuming you are out of power for a few days, or even a couple of weeks, a
> >>>small generator, used every few hours should be more than enough to keep
> >>>the
> >>>fridge and freezer ok, which is what most seem to be worried about. It
> >>>would
> >>>certainly save chasing around for dry ice like scores or 100s of others.
> >>>Graham
> >>
> >> A small generator will use about 1 gallon of gas an hour... it costs
> >> less to lose some food... and much of what folks keep in their fridge
> >> really doesn't need to be refrigerated, and butter, eggs, cheese, etc.
> >> can last a lot longer than the typical power outage. And if you don't
> >> open your freezer food will remain frozen for 48+ hours. You won't
> >> die from eating canned foods for a couple three days. When Hurrican e
> >> Gloria hit Long Island everyone in my area was out of power fro over a
> >> week, I was out 11 days, we all survived quite well without
> >> generators... most of us had outdoor grills so everyone pooled their
> >> food and we had a giant neighborhood cookout/cook-in, even the pets
> >> helped eat all the food, no food I know of spoiled.
> >
> >I suppose people survived quite well in the old days without a fridge or
> >freezer. I was in my teens before my parents could afford to buy a small
> >one.
> >Graham
>
> I grew up with an ice-a-box. Our first fridge was a 1948 Kelvinator,
> its freezer held two ice cube trays (watery cubes). During NYC
> winters most folk's freezer was their fire escape. Back then people
> shopped every day... frozen foods at the supermarket were a novelty...
> in 1950 supermarkets were a novelty.
Yes indeed - we are a far cry from what it used to be years ago. I
recall how different supermarkets were even in the 1970's. I was just a
kid but I recall they had a meat department that would actually cut meat
to your specifications. Everything wasn't shrink wrapped.